Keeping your water from freezing trick I have learnedhttp://www.roadfood.com/Forums/rss-m721004.ashx(c) Roadfood.com Discussion Board30Re:Keeping your water from freezing trick I have learned (Freezers-full-in-Alaska) <blockquote class="quote"><span class="original">chefbuba</span> <br><br>$200-400 for a heater to keep your water fluid?&nbsp; I Did it for two years with a $25 space heater. <br></blockquote> <br><br>Can do that also :)&nbsp;But&nbsp;the gas lines are by the water tanks and heater&nbsp;and in case of a leak&nbsp; he did not want an ignition source and that's what a boatsafe heater prevents. It made little sense because if there ever was a leak you would know it as soon as you fired up the griddle :) But that's what&nbsp;my friend&nbsp;wanted to put in there.<br>http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/rss-m721004.ashxFindPost/721051Sat, 08 Dec 2012 14:04:30 GMTRe:Keeping your water from freezing trick I have learned (chefbuba) $200-400 for a heater to keep your water fluid?&nbsp; I Did it for two years with a $25 space heater.<br>http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/rss-m721004.ashxFindPost/721023Sat, 08 Dec 2012 11:24:20 GMTKeeping your water from freezing trick I have learned (Freezers-full-in-Alaska) Been a while since I have been on here. But&nbsp;a friend bought a food trailer at an auction and we did a quick flip on it . Since I built my last trailer and sold if for a great profit this was a no brainier.The problem with my first build is the temps -20 most of the time up here when we sold food and water freezing and propane tank regulators&nbsp;icing up. Sorry I did not take any photos of this one&nbsp;it was a fast flip .Quick clean up ordered a few things to keep everything from freezing and re-sold . But here is what we did this time. Keep in mind kind of spendy but cheaper then replacing Instant hot water heaters (Been there done that). <br>&nbsp; <br>First to take care of the icing on the regulators or it was to cold and the gas was vaporizing and had no pressure&nbsp;at -20 and colder&nbsp;we bought some Powerblankets for the tanks. They make a flat one for water tanks also <br><a href="http://www.powerblanket.com/gas-cylinder-warmers/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" title="http://www.powerblanket.com/gas-cylinder-warmers/">http://www.powerblanket.com/gas-cylinder-warmers/</a> <br>Next was the dang water freezing tried everything the first build after&nbsp;I sold it I bought a boat,This is where the next tip came from. I bought a 1000 watt boatsafe heater and it keeps my boat engine&nbsp;at a toasty 40 at -20. You can pick them up on Ebay $200-400. We put one in the water/ hot water tank area. It comes on a 32 and cuts off at 55. Worked great for the few weeks we had it in the trailer <br><a href="http://www.theboatsafe.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" title="http://www.theboatsafe.com/">http://www.theboatsafe.com/</a> <br>A third trick if you do not have the money at the time <br>Buy a 100 or 150 watt "RED"&nbsp;farmers or reptile heat lamp bulb <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Terra-Heat-Glo-Infrared-100-Watt-120-Volt/dp/B0002AR3QW" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" title="http://www.amazon.com/Terra-Heat-Glo-Infrared-100-Watt-120-Volt/dp/B0002AR3QW">http://www.amazon.com/Terra-Heat-Glo-Infrared-100-Watt-120-Volt/dp/B0002AR3QW</a> <br>Then buy&nbsp;<b>Thermo Cube Thermostatically Controlled Outlet</b>&nbsp; these turns the light on at 32 and off at 45 <br><a href="http://tsc.tractorsupply.com/search#?w=Thermo+Cube+Thermostatically+Controlled+Outlet&amp;searchButton.x=24&amp;searchButton.y=20&amp;sliredirect=1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" title="http://tsc.tractorsupply.com/search#?w=Thermo+Cube+Thermostatically+Controlled+Outlet&amp;searchButton.x=24&amp;searchButton.y=20&amp;sliredirect=1">http://tsc.tractorsupply.com/search#?w=Thermo+Cube+Thermostatically+Controlled+Outlet&amp;searchButton.x=24&amp;searchButton.y=20&amp;sliredirect=1</a> <br>Hope these ideas might help someone or give you an idea <br>&nbsp;<br>http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/rss-m721004.ashxFindPost/721004Sat, 08 Dec 2012 04:09:49 GMT